Selfish prayers

For some reason I have been in blog writing mode which is pretty cool. I really like when concepts and ideas flow easily in my direction. I tend to use these purposes for my songwriting but I really enjoy expressing my thoughts on this page for all to see. Something I have been thinking about today is this idea of how we pray. I know that prayer is definitely something I would like to make habitual. I seem to find myself praying at very random times whether it be in my car or right before bed. I have a tendency of praying about things that can be very self-centered. It might be anything from praying about a future career or family to making a good grade on a test. I think many of us pray for things that God can do for us rather than becoming dependent upon Him and desiring His will. We tend to come to God when we have our wants and needs but we don't make ourselves available to how He wants to use us. I tend to think it is so sad when we pray to win the lottery and the rest of the world is praying for clean drinking water and food. Please don't interpret this entry as a venue for finger pointing. I am just as guilty about this as the next guy/girl. This is something that we have to change or else we are going to continue living in our selfish ways. It saddens me when pastors and religious leaders speak of the message of prosperity. They say "give money and you will reap a financial harvest." I would ask them "where in the Bible did Jesus say give me money and you will prosper?". It boggles me how we think that we have it bad when we are living like royalty compared to the rest of the world. We become blinded by our status and yearn for more worldly riches. We have to let God change our hearts and give us a brand new mindset. We cannot keep running after our own desires. It is hard to do but Jesus asks us to deny ourselves. It is going to take some self-examination which can be very difficult but it is the only way we will see change in the world. We will be fulfilled with living water where we will be quenched with everlasting life.